This is an analysis of the poem Villon that begins with:

They threw me from the gates: my matted hair
Was dank with dungeon wetness; my spent frame ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababaX bccdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110011101 1101010111 1001010101 1011010111 1100111101001 0101011101 0111111111 1111010 111 1101111110 10001101011 1101011111 0101010101 110111101 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me are repeated.

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